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The founder of Mumsnet has revealed she was blacklisted by Barclays and Ocado and branded a "bigot" for standing up for women's rights to access single-sex spaces, as she welcomes the Supreme Court's trans ruling.
French philosopher Renaud Camus, who is opposed to mass immigration, has been banned from entering Britain after the Home Office told him his presence would go against "the public good".
People are entitled to hold private conversations in pubs, provided they don't offend staff and make them feel "unsafe", Government Minister Lilian Greenwood has said, as she defended Labour's 'banter ban'.
Peers in the House of Lords will attempt to block the 'banter ban' in Labour’s workers' rights bill when it returns to Parliament later this month to safeguard freedom of speech and the British way of life.
Freedom of speech is being replaced by its antithesis, the 'right to participate', says Dr David McGrogan. This is where the battle lines are drawn as conservatives push back against the authoritarian tide.
The new AI-generated Hot Air database of 'climate deniers' includes Eric Holthaus, who ranks among the world's top tier of extreme alarmists. Such utterly useless AI bodes ill for the future of free speech, says Ben Pile.
Why are some courts refusing to release transcripts of the rape gang trials, ask Adam Wren and Melisa Tourt. The transcripts contain valuable information about the cases, but not all courts are cooperating with requests.
Angela Rayner must not cave in to critics such as Nigel Farage over her pub banter crackdown, a union chief has said, as they are just protecting "their right to be offensive".
Tortoise Media – fresh from acquiring the Observer – has created a climate sceptics naughty list – and the Daily Sceptic has made the cut! Ben Pile wonders if slow news is meant to mean news by slow people.
German journalist David Bendels has been sentenced to seven months' probation for a meme poking fun at the Interior Minister's lack of commitment to free speech. Irony is truly dead, murdered by 'liberal' authoritarianism.
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